Artist Interviews RXM Reality Interview

Chicago-based producer Mike Meegan is the master sound architect behind the electronic dance music project RXM Reality. Features Co-Director Mick R. caught up with Mike to talk about his latest album sick for you, out on Hausu Mountain Records. They talk about Mike's inspirations drawn from his label mates, his personal goals for the project, and the unlikely origins of his project's name. 

sick for you, and other transdimensional oddities, can be found through Hausu Mountain Records. 

"[I]t's better to have an intense response to something than an apathetic, 'eh, whatever' one." - Mike Meegan

Produced by Mick R. 

Photo Credit: Bryan Ohr.

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Artist Interviews Axons Interview

This week, Features co-director Jessi D speaks with Adele Nicholas of Axons about their most recent release, I Object to Everything. They discuss her career within Axons and the bands current three-piece format, her day job as a civil rights attorney, and her inspiration from and deep research into a prison breakout - I Object to Everything is a concept album inspired by the true and almost mythological story of Kenneth Conley and Joseph "Jose" Banks, two inmates who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago in 2012.

"There were certain parts of this story that just were so emotionally compelling that I just knew they had a song in them." - Adele Nicholas

Axons will be hosting a release show at the Hideout on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

Produced by Jessi D.

Photo credit: Jazmyne Fountain

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Artist Interviews Cloakroom Interview

Cloakroom is an experimental post-metal and space rock group out of Northwest Indiana, comprised of vocalist and guitarist Doyle Martin, bassist Bobby Markos, and drummer Tim Remis. They have an album out on Relapse titled Dissolution Wave that envisions a future dystopia without art. Check out Features Co-Director Mick R's conversation with Markos about the ideas that inspired the album and why Cloakroom's sound will never stop evolving and expanding.

Get Dissolution Wave from Relapse Records. 

"The art of Earth is the source of vibrance of humanity... Without it, the world would be a dark place... I don't want to think about Earth without Art." - Bobby Markos

Production by Mick R. 

Image Credit: Vin Romero

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Artist Interviews Woody Goss Interview

This week, Features Co-Director Mick R speaks with Woody Goss, a Chicagoland native who is best known as the pianist and composer of Vulfpeck. Goss discusses his latest solo album, Rainbow Beach, which is a real beach in the South Shore neighborhood, and how a rare birding experience there shaped the visual theme of the album, the lore behind Carolina parakeets and their inclusion in Rainbow Beach's album artwork, and his fruitful year of birdwatching.

"I wanted to make something relaxing. [...] Booker T and the MGs had this song called 'Sunday Sermon' that I had been listening to for a few years and I put this song on whenever I just wanted to just chill out, and I was like, 'man, I want more music like this.' And so that was kind of an inspiration. I need more music with just a live single and a piano just grooving." - Woody Goss

Produced by Mick R

Photo Credit: Erin Ayalp

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Artist Interviews Destroy Boys Interview

Alexia Roditis is a singer in a punk band called Destroy Boys. Features contributor Marjorie Alford caught up with Alexia to talk about the origins of the band, social justice issues and some of Alexia's favorite fan interactions, as well as learn why the band is not riot grrrl and discuss how and why Alexia came to identify with they/them pronouns. 

"They/them pronouns to me mean, gender nonconformity, and not subscribing to a binary, which are two things that I love about myself... pronouns really kind of come down to an expression of my gender. And it's like a public way to do that. It's nice to feel affirmed, you know? They/Them reflects how I feel about myself. - Alexia Roditis"

Destroy Boys's new album Open Mouth, Open Heart is out through Hopeless Records. 

Produced by Brian Szpak 

Photo Credit: Ashley Gellman 

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